You may have had trouble with WhatsApp not displaying names.
The following can be thought of as being what causes WhatsApp to not display names.
- You haven’t correctly saved the contact’s name
- You haven’t registered your contact list in the app
- You haven’t enabled all contacts to be displayed
- You have rebooted the app numerous times
In this article, we’ll be looking at what causes the inconvenience and how to fix the problem.
Reasons why WhatsApp won’t display contact names
You should check on the following if contact names aren’t displayed in WhatsApp.
You haven’t correctly saved the contact’s name
You should check if you’ve correctly registered your contact’s name.
It may be that the name isn’t being shown because you haven’t correctly registered it.
You should have a look in your address book within the app.
You haven’t registered your contact list in the app
You should see if you have saved your contact list in the app.
The name may not be shown if your contact list hasn’t been added to the app.
You should see if you have saved your contact’s information in the contact list.
You haven’t enabled all contacts to be displayed
You should check if you have set all your contacts to be shown.
It may be that you haven’t allowed for all of your contacts to be displayed in the settings.
You should check on this from the settings menu.
You have rebooted the app numerous times
You should check if you haven’t rebooted the app several times.
Rebooting the app many times can cause some contact names to not be displayed.
This may be down to a bug in the app.
What solutions are there when WhatsApp won’t show contact names?
If you haven’t correctly saved the contact’s name
You should properly register your contact’s name if you haven’t already done so.
The name shall be displayed if you register the name you want to use for your contact.
Doing so may solve the problem.
If you haven’t registered your contact list in the app
If you haven’t added your contact list to the app, you should do so immediately.
It is possible to share your device’s contact list with WhatsApp.
Doing this may solve the problem.
If you haven’t enabled all contacts to be displayed
You should set all contacts to be shown if you haven’t already.
You can do so from the settings screen so you should correct these settings.
Doing so may solve the problem and allow your contact names to be displayed.
If you have rebooted the app numerous times
If you have rebooted your app several times, you may need to reboot your device.
Doing so should take care of the majority of issues.
If that doesn’t fix the problem, I recommend you reinstall the app.
Summary
- You haven’t correctly saved the contact’s name
- You haven’t registered your contact list in the app
- You haven’t enabled all contacts to be displayed
- You have rebooted the app numerous times
Those were the solutions to the main causes for contact names not being displayed on WhatsApp.
I hope the article was of use to all WhatsApp users.